Changes faster than the Wisconsin weather . . . see what has been added . . . .
The weekly schedule for the City of Madison has become a joke. More comments at the end of this post . . . here’s what was added/changed in the last 24 hours. None of this was noted on the schedule that was posted on Friday and up all weekend.
CANCELLED
1. Commission on the Environment was cancelled yesterday due to Yom Kippur. Why the clerk doesn’t take care of that when that is the city policy is beyond me. I think the Southwest Joint Campus committee met in violation of that policy.
ADDED FOR TUESDAY
2. 4:00 PM SISTER CITY COLLABORATION COMMITTEE ROOM LL-110, MMB
ADDED FOR WEDNESDAY
3. 8:00 AM BOARD OF ASSESSORS ASSESSOR CONF ROOM 101, CCB
4. 10:00 AM STREET USE STAFF COMMISSION ROOM 108 CCB
5. 1:30 PM BOARD OF REVIEW ROOM 108, CCB
6. 1:30 PM PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 4340 TOKAY BLVD. SEQUOYA LIBRARY
ADDED FOR THURSDAY
7. 7:30 AM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION STAFF LISTENING SESSIONS ON THE DRAFT 2011-2012 PROGRAM AREAS, GOALS AND PRIORITIES 1602 S. PARK ST. ROOM 201A
8. 12:00 PM MADISON CENTRAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (BID) BOARD OF DIRECTORS 615 E. WASHINGTON AVE., 2ND FLOOR BOARD ROOM
9. 4:30 PM MADISON PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD 201 W. MIFFLIN ST. ROOM 201
10. 5:00 PM CITY-COUNTY LIAISON COMMITTEE ROOM 310, CCB
11. 5:00 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT COMMITTEE ROOM 260, MMB
12. 5:30 PM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION STAFF LISTENING SESSIONS ON THE DRAFT 2011-2012 PROGRAM AREAS, GOALS AND PRIORITIES 1602 S. PARK ST. ROOM 201A (No link, see 7:30 meeting same day)
13. 5:30 PM FUNDING PROCESS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE 1602 S. PARK ST. ROOM 201A
ADDED FOR FRIDAY
14. 10:00 AM PRESENTATION BY UW STUDENTS ON PRECEDENCE STUDY OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATOR PROJECTS 925 BASCOM MALL, ROOM 208
What’s the point of sending out a weekly schedule and posting it, if its essentially wrong? 14 changes in 24 hours. Plus, CDBG and Office of Community Services scheduled their meetings about priorities for funding at the exact same time. I don’t know about others, but at Tenant Resource Center with a staff of 6, with two of us in Steven’s Point and work to be done at two offices, how are we supposed to cover these meetings of great interest to us?
As an alder, it is your job to keep up with all the changes and it was annoying trying to plan and juggle everything. As a member of the public, I find it misleading, in some cases manipulative and in others, just sloppy and/or disrespectful to the public.
